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  • TheForceEngine

    Modern "Jedi Engine" replacement supporting Dark Forces, mods, and in the future Outlaws.

  • OpenJKDF2

    A cross-platform reimplementation of JKDF2 in C

  • InfluxDB

    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

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  • OpenJK

    Community effort to maintain and improve Jedi Academy (SP & MP) + Jedi Outcast (SP only) released by Raven Software

  • Win-Debloat-Tools

    Re-imagining Windows like a minimal OS install, already debloated with minimal impact for most functionality.

  • Pi-hole

    A black hole for Internet advertisements

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  • Open-Shell-Menu

    Classic Shell Reborn.

  • if you're not using openshell, you're doing it wrong: https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu/releases/tag/v4.4.170

  • ExplorerPatcher

    This project aims to enhance the working environment on Windows

  • To anyone reading this from the Windows 11 environment: https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher/releases

  • SaaSHub

    SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

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  • ubuntu.com

    The official website for the Ubuntu operating system

  • Absolutely. OK, so which distro you use is going to largely be a matter of taste. Some of them are specifically geared towards newbies, and it might be best to start with one of those. The one you've probably heard of the most is Ubuntu: https://ubuntu.com/

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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